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\texttt{disksim\_synthio} & \texttt{Number of I/O requests to generate} & int & required \\ 
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This specifies the number of independent, concurrent, request-generating
processes.
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\texttt{disksim\_synthio} & \texttt{Maximum time of trace generated} & float & required \\ 
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This specifies the maximum number of I/O requests to generate before
ending the simulation run. A simulation run continues until either
the specified number of requests is generated or the maximum
simulation time (see below) is reached.
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\texttt{disksim\_synthio} & \texttt{System call/return with each request} & int & required \\ 
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This specifies whether or not each request occurs within the context of a
system call (which may affect the behavior of the associated process
in the system-level model). If true~(1), each request will be
preceded by a system call event and followed by a system call return
event.
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\texttt{disksim\_synthio} & \texttt{Think time from call to request} & float & required \\ 
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This specifies the think time (i.e., computation time) between the system
call event and the disk request event. This parameter is only
relevant if the above Boolean parameter is set to true~(1).
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\texttt{disksim\_synthio} & \texttt{Think time from request to return} & float & required \\ 
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This specifies the think time (i.e., computation time) between the disk
request event and the system call return event. This parameter is
only relevant if the above Boolean parameter is set to true~(1).
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\texttt{disksim\_synthio} & \texttt{Generators} & list & required \\ 
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A list of synthgen block values describing the generators.
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